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In article , Derek Moody
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Just spent a couple of weeks in Ireland, far -too much- water though. There
were a couple of Shannon tribs we could have fished but even finding the
river under all that floodwater would have been a feat.

Hi Derek whereabouts were you? I've been thinking it would have been a
great season on the Irish rivers I usually fish on the Foyle system -
it's rare for Irish rivers to have more water than they can handel.

Lazarus

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Lazarus Cooke wrote:
In article , Derek Moody
wrote:


Just spent a couple of weeks in Ireland, far -too much- water though. There
were a couple of Shannon tribs we could have fished but even finding the
river under all that floodwater would have been a feat.

Hi Derek whereabouts were you? I've been thinking it would have been a
great season on the Irish rivers I usually fish on the Foyle system -
it's rare for Irish rivers to have more water than they can handel.

We were touring, looking for any sort of fishing. On the RTE news there were
bridges washed out on some of the E coast rivers, Ireland had a -lot- of
rain. Caught a few mullet and bass of the shore and some small coarse fish
but the trip, generally, was below par.

I did have one sea-trout follow a lure on a rocky foreshore at the start
of the trip - looking for bass that day.

I'm sure those with local knowledge could have taken a few salmon/sea trout
but the sheer weight of water meant that detailed local knowledge was
essential and, significantly, no locals were out.

Cheerio,

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In article , Derek Moody
wrote:

the sheer weight of water meant that detailed local knowledge was
essential and, significantly, no locals were out.

I'm just back from Exmoor where the sheer LACK of water on the Barle
meant that no locals were out either.

I caught nothing except a few wee trout.

Lazarus

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Lazarus Cooke wrote:
In article , Derek Moody
wrote:

the sheer weight of water meant that detailed local knowledge was
essential and, significantly, no locals were out.

I'm just back from Exmoor where the sheer LACK of water on the Barle
meant that no locals were out either.

If you'd only asked the Irish nicely at the time I'm sure they would have
been happy to let you divert their excess...

I caught nothing except a few wee trout.

Barle trout are very pretty though.

Cheerio,

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